xplot command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix xplot command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

xplot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xplot: command not found

Solutions to xplot: command not found

How To Fix xplot: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xplot is provided by xplot package.

xplot is:

XPlot is a small program to plot one- or two-dimensional datasets, which are present either in a file or are generated on-the-fly' and piped to XPlot. XPlot lets you display one or more datasets and lets you zoom to different sections of the sets. Also. blowups’ of the currently shown portion of the data can be made.

XPlot is meant for on-screen data exploration. It does not have a print button, nor is it meant for final output or publication-quality figures.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install xplot

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install xplot.

sudo apt -y install xplot

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install xplot

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix xplot command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.